ANAHEIM – When Mighty Ducks coach Randy Carlyle ponders a personnel move in the midst of a game, there’s a pretty good chance he’s going to look toward Todd Fedoruk.

The left wing on a unit with talented rookies Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry most of the time, Fedoruk occasionally finds himself skating with Andy McDonald and Teemu Selanne when the club’s top line needs a spark. Fedoruk also is most often first into the fray when things get overly physical, as his team-leading 162 penalty minutes and 12 fighting majors attest.

“He is a guy we think highly of,” Carlyle said Monday. “You can utilize him in a lot of different situations. He complements pretty much every group we’ve played him with.”

Fedoruk figures to be here, there and everywhere again tonight, when the Ducks continue their Stanley Cup playoff push against the Kings at Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim.

A summer acquisition from the Philadelphia Flyers, the 6-foot-2, 241-pound Fedoruk has hit the offensive jackpot of late. With a goal and five assists in the past six games, Fedoruk has raised his season totals to four goals and 23 points.

“When you can contribute in that area, being the type of player I am, it’s a big bonus,” Fedoruk said. “It’s exciting for me to be able to get some points, but it’s also the guys I’m playing with. I get them the puck, and they finish. That’s something I think I’ve gotten better at this year, getting the puck back on the forecheck and getting it to the skill guys that can put it in the net.”

Whether it is McDonald and Selanne or Getzlaf and Perry, Fedoruk creates the necessary time and space for offensive-oriented performers to do their thing. He also provides the best kind of protection against the opposition taking physical liberties with any of his teammates.

“Nobody has really messed with us too much this year,” Getzlaf said. “Whether that’s because of him or not, who knows? But ‘Fridge’ is obviously looking out for us as young guys. It is nice to have him on the ice. We can just go out and play.”

Fedoruk, 27, got into only 49 games and averaged just 6 minutes, 46 seconds of ice time with Philadelphia in 2003-04. He’s played in 69 games this season, averaging 8:37.

“It’s nice to have a coach believe in you, and know that he trusts you to put you out there with those guys,” Fedoruk said. “Sometimes, that’s all a player needs, a guy on his side to give him some ice time, give him an opportunity. Then he can show himself.”

NOT QUITE

Selanne, who was the NHL’s offensive player of the week last week, was a runner-up for both this week’s honor and the league’s March offensive player of the month award.

New York Rangers right wing Jaromir Jagr was offensive player of the month after scoring a league-leading 26 points, including 12 goals, in 16 games. Selanne had eight goals and 24 points in 15 games. Buffalo Sabres center Daniel Briere, Washington Capitals rookie left wing Alexander Ovechkin and Detroit Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom also were runners-up.

Phoenix Coyotes center Steven Reinprecht, who led the NHL with seven points, including five goals, in three games, was offensive player of the week. Selanne had three goals and six points in four games.